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that didn't happen this time. >> let me ask you about boehner. boehner seems like a regular republican, the kind i grew up with who makes deals, who compromised, who has an idealogy, but he's willing to accept the fact that the goal was to govern the country, not just to protest. i get the sense that these tea partiers came to congress not just to attack the government but to protest it. >> yeah, i take it at his word that he wants to govern, but he became speaker of the house because of these freshmen who rode into town in a tea party way. but the tea partier from idaho said to me, i didn't come to idaho to join a team. he came to represent his constituents. his constituents and a lot of others believed there was too much spending going on, that obamacare needed to be rolled back, and that's where they planted their flag. it was not let's figure out a way to legislate with the democrats and the senate. >> let me tell you, robert, i'm just going to make a statement here. it's all nonsense because you can't just vote against spending. most of the
that didn't happen this time. >> let me ask you about boehner. boehner seems like a regular republican, the kind i grew up with who makes deals, who compromised, who has an idealogy, but he's willing to accept the fact that the goal was to govern the country, not just to protest. i get the sense that these tea partiers came to congress not just to attack the government but to protest it. >> yeah, i take it at his word that he wants to govern, but he became speaker of the house...
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that's the problem boehner had. if boehner had 35 safe republicans, safe from a primary challenge, safe from somebody from the right on taxes, i think this deal would have happened even a lot sooner. they might have gone ahead and passed parts of -- most of that bill that came through the senate. >> they have to schedule -- the thing about leadership is they have to schedule a bill. that's the tricky part. let's take a look at this. a very interesting moment in the press conference today, extremely interesting when president obama was asked about comments from his former opponent, john mccain, who made some nasty comments about susan rice, the united states ambassador to the u.n. and she may well be the head of the state department soon. here's the president responding in a very personal way. i thought this was really a moment here. >> let me say specifically about susan rice. she has done exemplary work. she has represented the united states and united nations with skill and professionalism and tough theness and gr
that's the problem boehner had. if boehner had 35 safe republicans, safe from a primary challenge, safe from somebody from the right on taxes, i think this deal would have happened even a lot sooner. they might have gone ahead and passed parts of -- most of that bill that came through the senate. >> they have to schedule -- the thing about leadership is they have to schedule a bill. that's the tricky part. let's take a look at this. a very interesting moment in the press conference today,...
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>> john boehner did not walk away from it. president obama changed the terms. >> i mean this subjectively, the worst thing that happens you win it. the house, senate and presidency and cut the hell out of medicare, you're gone in two years. >> someone has to do something about medicare. what do you want to do? >> i have a whole theory. not sure i can explain it tonight. we work in the hallway and rationalize our medical system. >> it won't be done on day one. >> a lot less paperwork is key to that. good question. we'll get to that when we get to the lehr hour. basic question about mitt romney, does he want to be president of the united states or just the 1%? you're watching hardball, the place for politics. >>> let me finish tonight with this. mitt romney has one pitch and since this is his only pitch, he says it again and again. he is a man of business, someone who spent his life in business, doing it, experiencing it and why he rather than the president to do best for the country and the important thing is whether he would t
>> john boehner did not walk away from it. president obama changed the terms. >> i mean this subjectively, the worst thing that happens you win it. the house, senate and presidency and cut the hell out of medicare, you're gone in two years. >> someone has to do something about medicare. what do you want to do? >> i have a whole theory. not sure i can explain it tonight. we work in the hallway and rationalize our medical system. >> it won't be done on day one....
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. >> at the same time, house speaker john boehner was in washington dc minimizing the president's move. >> the president is down here in oklahoma taking credit for part of the pipeline that's going to go through the normal process. it already got it's approvals. and this idea that the president is going to expedite this will have no impact. >>> the white house has been feeling a bit defensive on this subject of rising gas prices. today, president obama wrapped up a two-day four state tour defending his energy policies. his first stop today, curbing, oklahoma, where he announced he's fast tracking the southern part of the much debated keystone pipeline from the gulf southward and he gave the republicans a jab for making the pipeline a political issue. >> our exports said we needed a certain amount of time to review the project. unfortunately, congress decided they wanted their own timeline. cushing to the gulf a priority and the southern leg we will get that done. the northern portion of it, we will have to review properly to make sure the health and safety of the american people are pr
. >> at the same time, house speaker john boehner was in washington dc minimizing the president's move. >> the president is down here in oklahoma taking credit for part of the pipeline that's going to go through the normal process. it already got it's approvals. and this idea that the president is going to expedite this will have no impact. >>> the white house has been feeling a bit defensive on this subject of rising gas prices. today, president obama wrapped up a two-day...
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did. >> first of all, john boehner did not walk away. president obama changed the details and blew up. if you win the house, senate -- and you cut medicare, you're out the next time. >> i think we have to rework the whole way we rationalize our system. >> it won't be done on day one either. >> a lot less paperwork is key to it. >> good question by the way. let me finish with a basic question about mitt romney. does he want to be president of the united states or just the 1%? [ male announcer ] trophies and awards lift you up. but they can also hold you back. unless you ask, what's next? [ zapping ] [ clang ] this is the next level of performance. the next level of innovation. the next rx. the all-new f sport. this is the pursuit of perfection. uh, nope. just, uh, checking out my ad. nice. but, y'know, with every door direct mail from the postal service, you'll find the customers that matter most: the ones in your neighborhood. print it yourself or find a local partner. and postage is under 15 cents. i wish i would have known that cause i
did. >> first of all, john boehner did not walk away. president obama changed the details and blew up. if you win the house, senate -- and you cut medicare, you're out the next time. >> i think we have to rework the whole way we rationalize our system. >> it won't be done on day one either. >> a lot less paperwork is key to it. >> good question by the way. let me finish with a basic question about mitt romney. does he want to be president of the united states or...
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house speaker john boehner said he's not satisfied with the president's actions so far. in a statement he put out today, quote, the catholic church and others in our nation's religious community are not yet convinced the president's mandate doesn't constitute an attack on religious freedom. the house of representatives will continue to work towards a legislative solution. so i don't know what to make of that. this is all a combination of church belief, religious belief, background, ideology, and good old-fashioned politics. maybe they don't want to walk it back so quickly. they want to give the president some more heat, at least for the weekend. >> i think it's more ideology and politics than anything else. let's remember, john boehner is against the entire affordable care act which provides the larger context for this debate. so he doesn't want women to be able to get contraceptives without co-pay or any of the preventive care that people will get without co-pays through the affordable care act. but you know, i think that's a dangerous position for republicans to take.
house speaker john boehner said he's not satisfied with the president's actions so far. in a statement he put out today, quote, the catholic church and others in our nation's religious community are not yet convinced the president's mandate doesn't constitute an attack on religious freedom. the house of representatives will continue to work towards a legislative solution. so i don't know what to make of that. this is all a combination of church belief, religious belief, background, ideology,...
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>> i am so saddened that speaker boehner would say that. i wish he would spend time with the committee and realize this was based on politics and not facts. this is unprecedented. we have never had an attorney general to be found in contempt. we have never had a situation where a president asserted executive privilege and vote went forward. again, i think it is very unfortunate. the attorney general sat down with the chairman issa has made it clear that he wants to cooperate, will cooperate with him and work with him. again, he's -- an attorney general who has produced 7,600 pages of documents, gone through all kinds of -- over 2 million e-mails, has appeared before congress nine times and 16 months. and just spent -- then when fast and furious, when he learned of the tactics, immediately stopped that operation and he ordered his own investigation. this did not have to be. i think basically we had a situation today where chairman issa was saying our way or the highway. it is so sad that we are in the political situation that we are in with
>> i am so saddened that speaker boehner would say that. i wish he would spend time with the committee and realize this was based on politics and not facts. this is unprecedented. we have never had an attorney general to be found in contempt. we have never had a situation where a president asserted executive privilege and vote went forward. again, i think it is very unfortunate. the attorney general sat down with the chairman issa has made it clear that he wants to cooperate, will...
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house speaker boehner won't support this conspiracy nut case stuff. he was asked for evidence that fast and furious was all a plot to create a gun control initiative here in the states. let's listen. >> i have never indicated that that was the case. i don't know whether that's the case because we don't have the documents. >> you know, you are laughing because you think it is funny. here is a guy -- sane conservative, boehner, having to deal with people who are not. >> at the same time he won't shoot it down. he says i don't know -- >> he will be defeated if he does. >> of course. the big issue here is that they say that they are upset that the u.s. government sent guns to mexico. actually, the problem was there are lots of guns going to mexico. this isn't a ginned up crisis. it is a tremendous crisis. tens of thousands of guns a year, not hundreds of thousands, are flowing from the united states to mexico, arming the drug cartels there and killing sometimes americans in the border regions but it is a ç tremendous -- it is legal because the republica
house speaker boehner won't support this conspiracy nut case stuff. he was asked for evidence that fast and furious was all a plot to create a gun control initiative here in the states. let's listen. >> i have never indicated that that was the case. i don't know whether that's the case because we don't have the documents. >> you know, you are laughing because you think it is funny. here is a guy -- sane conservative, boehner, having to deal with people who are not. >> at the...
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. >> at the same time, house speaker john boehner was in washington dc minimizing the president's move. >> the president is down here in oklahoma taking credit for part of the pipeline that's going to it's already gotten its approvals. this idea the president is going to expedite this will have no impact. >> there you go. the politics continues. joining me is republican from oklahoma, james langford and thank you, and political analyst and editor at large, joan walsh. why is it a political issue, congressman? why is it being built and if it is not, why is that an opportunity to slam the congress? >> when the president said congress jumped into it the previous pipeline took 24 months to permit and this one is at 44 months and climbing. the frustration is, let's get on with it. this is just another pipeline coming up up. we passed a pipeline safety bill and this will be even more safe in the process. >> what do you make of the charge or argument the reason there's slowness getting this approved, there's endangerment of people's water wells, that they have wells all along the northwest pi
. >> at the same time, house speaker john boehner was in washington dc minimizing the president's move. >> the president is down here in oklahoma taking credit for part of the pipeline that's going to it's already gotten its approvals. this idea the president is going to expedite this will have no impact. >> there you go. the politics continues. joining me is republican from oklahoma, james langford and thank you, and political analyst and editor at large, joan walsh. why is...
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the congressional leaders, boehner, reid, pelosi, mcconnell, were optimistic but cautious about a deal. here they are at the stakeout. >> to show our seriousness, we have put revenue on the table as long as it's accompanied by significant spending cuts. >> we have the cornerstones of being able to work something out. we're both going to have to give up some of the things that we know are a problem. >> we should have a goal in terms of how much deficit reduction. we should have a deadline before christmas. we should show some milestones of success so that confidence can build. >> we're prepared to put revenue on the table provided we fix the real problem. >> the real problem. you got that? mcconnell is always the tree stump on the lawn when you're trying to cut it. this afternoon the president held his fourth and final meetings with stakeholders, civic leaders, and members of civic organizations. marc morial is president of the urban league, he was at the afternoon meeting as was aaron smith is cofoirnd of a group called young invincibles dedicated to ensuring that young people's perspe
the congressional leaders, boehner, reid, pelosi, mcconnell, were optimistic but cautious about a deal. here they are at the stakeout. >> to show our seriousness, we have put revenue on the table as long as it's accompanied by significant spending cuts. >> we have the cornerstones of being able to work something out. we're both going to have to give up some of the things that we know are a problem. >> we should have a goal in terms of how much deficit reduction. we should have...
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apparently boehner has not promised to bring the bill up, reverse the executive order. >> that's right. rubio backs off of what he was going to try to do. you see mitch mcconnell throw the ball to mitt romney and say you are the leader of the party now. let's figure out where we want to go? exactly. hot potato issue. i think chris is right. mitt romney wants to focus on the economy, economy, economy. the problem is that oftentimes latinos are just more in line with democratic policies and how they see the role of government and how they see tax reform and health care. >> this is -- the old $64,000 question. he is going after hispanics and gay people and going after african-americans. going after women. largest group there are in the country, women. cross cut all females, what's he going to do for white men? the president. does he have something in his bag for them. >> he's -- his most difficult demographic group, particularly downscale economically white men. i think that, again, to the extent he has something in his back -- i think it is selling that the economy is slowly but surely g
apparently boehner has not promised to bring the bill up, reverse the executive order. >> that's right. rubio backs off of what he was going to try to do. you see mitch mcconnell throw the ball to mitt romney and say you are the leader of the party now. let's figure out where we want to go? exactly. hot potato issue. i think chris is right. mitt romney wants to focus on the economy, economy, economy. the problem is that oftentimes latinos are just more in line with democratic policies and...
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. >> at nearly the same time the president was speaking in oklahoma house speaker john boehner was in washington, d.c., minimizing the project's move. >> the president's down here in oklahoma taking credit is down n oklahoma taking credit for part of a pipeline that's going to go through the normal process. it already got it's approvals. and this idea that the president will expedite this will have to impact. >> there you go, the politics continues. joining me now is james longford. what is the problem with this pipeline, why is it a political issue, congressman? why is it being built, and why is it an opportunity to slam the president. >> it's not being built. the previous pipeline that went from canada into the united states across the border, same company and process was 24 months to permit. so the frustration is let's get on with it. it's just another pipeline. we signed off on it last year and it's supposed be more safe. >> what do you make of the argument of t slowness of the danger to people's water wells. that people that get their water from the ground, and if you run a pipel
. >> at nearly the same time the president was speaking in oklahoma house speaker john boehner was in washington, d.c., minimizing the project's move. >> the president's down here in oklahoma taking credit is down n oklahoma taking credit for part of a pipeline that's going to go through the normal process. it already got it's approvals. and this idea that the president will expedite this will have to impact. >> there you go, the politics continues. joining me now is james...